Village chief candidate made unrecognizable by AI editing

2026-10-01

With local elections approaching, campaign billboards are popping up everywhere. Candidates often edit younger photos of themselves for posters, but now some are directly using AI, like Hsu Mei-fang, who’s running for village chief in Songling, Zhongli. People online said her photo was so heavily edited that she’s no longer recognizable.

This election campaign poster looks like a marriage advertisement, even with “Hsu Mei-fang wants to marry you” in big pink characters. The candidate for Songling village chief in Zhongli is pictured with delicate, polished features and her fingers making a heart shape. The photo has been heavily edited, likely by AI.

People online couldn’t stop criticizing it, calling it “the most repulsive campaign poster” and saying AI made the candidate look completely different and utterly unrecognizable. Some even called it fraud.

Songling Village resident
Can’t recognize candidate
I looked up her real photo and it’s completely different. They should use a photo taken in the last three months, not one that’s been heavily edited like this.

- I don’t know what she actually looks like.

After sparking residents’ curiosity, Hsu appeared in person to answer their questions.

- That’s me!

Hsu is introducing herself to make sure people recognize her. It’s her first time in front of a news camera, showing her true self.

Hsu Mei-fang
Songling village chief candidate
I want you to see my authentic self. Hopefully it’s not as bad as you thought.

She posted a video and explanation, saying she’s come to face the music, acknowledging her poster’s shock factor, and emphasizing that her supporters made it. She welcomed people to come to Zhongli and meet her in person. Hsu isn’t the only one. A candidate for village chief in Kaohsiung, 25-year-old Lee Chih-wei, has also been called out for heavily editing her photo. Politicians have often used younger photos, but now they’ve started using AI images as well. While it can save the cost of a professional photo shoot, heavy editing makes candidates difficult to recognize, and voters say it’s harder to trust them.

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獨家! 中壢松嶺里長參選人"照騙差很大" 本尊現身了

2026-10-01

選舉倒數，全台各地不少競選看板，過去常有政治人物拿早期年輕照片來修圖，沒想到現在直接進化到AI照，像是桃園中壢區松嶺里的里長參選人徐美芳，就被網友抨擊，根本就是AI圖，美肌濾鏡修到完全認不出來，本尊獨家現身。

馬路口，超大看板，上面還寫著’’徐美芳，想嫁你’’！濃眉大眼，鵝蛋臉，高挺鼻子，精緻五官，手還比愛心，在街頭相當顯目，她是桃園中壢松嶺里的里長參選人，不僅內容誇大，照片也修很大，根本是AI圖！

連網友都在Threads上PO文說，「榮登我心中最反感的選舉海報」，有人說，「使用AI讓照片完全背離真實」，還有網友酸說，「是打算讓選民找不到人嗎？」、「照片跟本人差太多，這算詐欺吧」，在網路掀起熱議。

[[桃園中壢松嶺里民]]
“我有查過她實際的照片，差超多的啊，可以用近三個月的照片嗎?不要用修過圖的照片這樣。”

-就是不知道她長怎樣

里民這麼好奇，本尊現身解惑！

-這是我啦!

怕里民認不出來，徐美芳努力介紹自己，這也是她第一次出現在新聞鏡頭前，仔細看，跟選舉看板真的判若兩人。

[[桃園中壢區松嶺里長參選人徐美芳]]
“我想希望你看到我本人，應該是沒有你心中的，那麼的糟糕。”

自錄影片，還PO文寫下: 好啦～小美姐本人出來面對了，這幾天因為看板照片，讓不少人受到驚嚇，強調看板是熱心支持者製作，雖然負面流量多，也歡迎大家來中壢，尋找野生的她！不只徐美芳，登記參選高雄市仁武區中華里里長的25歲李之瑋，近期也被網友抨擊，修修臉差很大。過往常有政治人物，拿早期年輕照片來修圖，現在已經進化到AI照，雖然AI生成可以省下拍專業形象照的錢，只是，美肌濾鏡修到認不出來，對選民來說，真實感大大降低，信任度也會有落差。

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